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To get the most from your wardrobe, you've got to establish an organized system. You want to be able to be ready at a moment's notice and looking and feeling totally pulled together. If your makeup is disorganized and your wardrobe is out of control, here are a few tips to help you tame that problem.

Start in your closet. Go through your closet and pick out anything you haven't worn in over a year. After you've gathered all the things you don't want, choose some of the following alternatives besides throwing them away:

If the garment or shoes are ripped, torn and cannot be tailored or worn, recycle it. There are many wikiHows available for using old torn clothing to make things and recycle them instead of creating more trash for the environment.

If it has a great deal of sentimental value linked to it, but you never wear it, then put it in a box, and tuck it under your bed or in the basement. Don't let it take up valuable space in your closet if you don't wear it on a weekly basis.

You need light. It is absolutely necessary to have a bright light installed in your closet. You need to see what you have in order to wear it. If that old pull string light bulb hasn't been changed since last Christmas, then now's the time to do so.

Organize your makeup. Dump every cosmetic you own in a big pile on several layers of newspaper to prevent any loose particles and dirty mess from staining your floor. Separate everything by category. Lipstick should go in one pile, shadows in another, etc.

Toss anything you haven't used in six months. Old makeup contains bacteria. You don't want to get sick.

Get rid of anything that has an odor, is messy, or is running.

Dump foundation and any other cosmetic that has separated or is gooey.

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wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, 16 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has been viewed 16,905 times.